In 2006, Schulz was under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in connection with an alleged failure to file Federal income tax returns for years 2001 through 2004.[2]
[edit] Injunction against SchulzOn August 9, 2007, the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York issued an order including an injunction permanently barring Schulz and his We the People Foundation from (1) advising or instructing persons or entities that they are not required to file federal tax returns or pay federal taxes (see Tax protester arguments); (2) selling or furnishing any materials purporting to enable individuals to discontinue or stop withholding or paying federal taxes; (3) instructing, advising or assisting anyone to stop withholding or stop paying federal employment or income taxes; and (4) obstructing or advising anyone to obstruct IRS examinations, collections, or other IRS proceedings.[3] The court found that Schulz and the We the People Foundation were engaging in illegal activity that was exposing individuals to criminal liability in connection with federal income taxes. In February 2008, that decision was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In its decision, the Court of Appeals stated: The district court found that defendants' illegal activities were harming individuals, who were exposing themselves to criminal liability by following the defendants' ill-conceived instructions. [ . . . ] Requiring defendants to provide the identity and contact information of the recipients of the tax materials enables the government to monitor the defendants' obligation under the injunction to provide a copy of the district court's order to recipients of the tax materials. Moreover, the district court found that the defendants' illegal actions were harming the government [ . . . ] Requiring defendants to provide the identity and contact information [ . . . ] enables the government to monitor whether the recipients of defendants' materials are violating the tax laws. Thus, we find no abuse of discretion with respect to the district court's imposition of the reporting requirements in Paragraph C of the injunction.[4] [edit] Contempt proceedingOn April 7, 2008, the government filed a motion in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, asking the court to hold Robert L. Schulz and the We the People Foundation in civil contempt of court for failure to comply with the court order requiring Schulz to turn over, to the government, the names and contact information of the individuals who had received tax materials from the Foundation.[5] On April 28, 2008, the District Court issued an order holding Schulz and the other defendants in contempt of court, imposing fines of $2,000 per day[6] on Schulz, the We the People Foundation, and the We the People Congress, effective retroactively to April 28, 2008, if the defendants did not comply with the court order by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 5, 2008.[7] At 3:55 pm on May 5, 2008, Schulz filed a document with the court asserting that he had turned the material over to the United States attorney's office earlier that day.[8] On Jun 8, 12:21 pm, Daniel Seigler <[email protected]> wrote: > sign me > daniel karl seigler, born in Fort Benning, Cussetta County, Georgia, son of > Clarance Roland O'Neil Seigler, born in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama, son of > Thomas Malcolm Seigler, born somewhere in Alabama > > From: > Subject: [WTP] CITIZENS RISING FOR THE CONSTITUTION: LIBERTY GETS A LOBBY - > Will you answer the call? > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 20:01:49 -0500 > > June 7, 2011 > > CITIZENS RISING FOR THE CONSTITUTION: > LIBERTY GETS A LOBBY > > THE GREAT SEARCH IS ON: > WILL YOU ANSWER THE CALL? > WE THE PEOPLE OF EACH STATE TO ESTABLISH A NON-POLITICAL CONSTITUTION LOBBY > IN EVERY STATE WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE > TO THEIR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS > Send this message to your friends > > Be on the FOURTH NATIONAL CALL > Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 9:30 pm EST > > (402) 237-2901, pin = 5092984# > > Visitwww.GiveMeLiberty.organd click on "Constitution Lobby" > > Read the Agendas from the first three calls. Consider the "Suggested > Readings." Download the Agenda for June 8 call before the meeting. > > Pass the Word. Get on the Call. > > Our Rights are being abused. > Individuals and Small Groups cannot achieve the needed reforms. > > Millions of Freedom-Loving Americans must come together. > > Here is a plan that works, even in today's economy. > > A CONSTITUTION LOBBY, OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF EACH STATE WHICH RESTORES > THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE WHERE IT WAS MEANT TO RESIDE IN THE FIRST PLACE. > > A CONSTITUTION LOBBY THAT PROVIDES THE NECESSARY ORGANIZATION, FUNDING AND > POWER TO BE A RECOGNIZED FORCE -- A NON-POLITICAL "WATCH-DOG" OF FREEDOM > KEEPERS, WHOSE MEMBERS ENSURE GOVERNMENT WILL NO LONGER AND NEVER AGAIN BE > ABLE TO STEP BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES DRAWN AROUND THEM BY OUR CONSTITUTIONS. > > NOT to be viewed as a NEW organization or NEW group, but a Coalition of state > leaders of pro-Constitutional national groups who merge their expertise, > their passion for Liberty, and the force of their individual organizations > and come together to do what we cannot do alone or in an un-organized manner. > > "The People are the only sure reliance for the preservation of liberty." > "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." > > > Thomas Jefferson > > "No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way > to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist > public devoted to the ideals of the liberty [sic]." > > Ron Paul > > Reflect on the impact such a Lobby would have on restoring constituional > governance in America at every level and its direct and indirect impacts on > the political process, on the electoral process, on those running for office. > > Please R.S.V.P. to [email protected] with your name, state and telephone > number if you plan to attend the call. We want to get earnest patriots > connected. > > Let us harness the energy leading up to July 4th > > THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA SHALL NOT BE DEPRAVED, ENSLAVED OR PAUPERIZED > AMERICA SHALL BE FREE. > > Bob Schulz > Judith Whitmore > We The People Foundation > > ONE-TIME DONATION: > Click the button above or this link to our PayPal account > (*NO* PayPal account or log-on is necessary!) > > MONTHLY DONATION: Use our secure WTP monthly "subscription" system > JOIN THE WTP CONGRESS: Use the secure WTP Membership link > > Our mailing address: 2458 Ridge Road , Queensbury, NY > 12804 > > You, the People, are the only ones > who can Save the Constitution. > > This message was sent to address [email protected] by > > We The People Foundation For Constitutional Education > 2458 Ridge Road, Queensbury, New York 12804http://givemeliberty.org/ > > To send an email to Bob Schulz or UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: > mailto:[email protected] -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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